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1.1k · Aug 2018
I'm Tired, Mother
Carli Gugino Aug 2018
I'm Tired, Mother
April 9, 2018

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Sometimes it gets hard to breathe

Because my chest is filled

With the guilt and

The regret of the

Unwanted pain I've

Caused you.



We get in arguments,

Although not either of us

Try to show

A little empathy

For the other.



I've been a stubborn *****

And unfortuenly

I know that I have.

But as much as it seems

That I don't care

I do.

But I just don't know

How to show you.



You tell me ways

To show

That I care

And I try

I really do

But it seems that every

Time I do try

I ***** up and we

Argue once more.



Mother,

It gets hard,

To follow in your

Footsteps

Because every

footstep of yours

Is a footstep of shadows and agony for me,

With my mind and heart saying

In agreeance

"I don't want this."



It gets hard

Because although I know

You as my role model

As my idol

I also know

That I will never

Be anything more

Than a faint echo

Of the amazing woman you are.



It gets hard

To talk to you

Becasuse as much as I try

You never seem to understand

And you always say

That you've been through it before



But one flaw in that statement is

Dear Mother

Is that you may have been

Through the same struggles as mine

But you've never been through

It as me.



Try as you might,

But you will never be able to comprehend these

Thoughts running a wild in

My head



It gets hard mother

To paste a smile

on my procaine face

when we meet someone new

As they are always

commending how you

And Sister look alike

They rarely ever look at me

And say how

Similar you and I look



It gets hard, Mother

Because when people are

Comparing you and Sister

Or contrasting you and I

I am breaking in the background

And it gets hard to accept that I don't have anyone, anymore

That people can compare me too.



It gets hard, Mother

When I tell people my history

I tell the brave people

Who ask if Stepfather is Father

And when I say no,

Then they ask where Father is

And all I can say is "I don't know."



But the thing that breaks me the most

Is when, after I say that, that they

Look down, with pity on their face

They say their sorry

But I can tell that they aren't



But I dismiss it

making sure I don't show what I really feel

Because in actuality

I am crying inside

I always led pride and stubbornness show

When all I want to do is weep

What I have been holding in for so long.



I know that I am acting vain

That there are people out there

Who have it worse than I

But it gets hard, Mother

To square my shoulders and stand up straight

When I'd much rather roll into a ball

In the hideous corners of an inky black room



I really get tired, Mother,

Of pretending to be someone I'm not

I'm just tired, Mother, I really am.
549 · Aug 2018
Hope
Carli Gugino Aug 2018
Trembling hands and stuttering words

Every step I take forward

Fear grips a hold of me

Blossoms of red cloud visions

A dragon of fiery

Ready to spout it's crimson flames



But you do not see the full picture

The whole of the painting

The words I hold inside me

Longing to be free

Making my head spin

I'm forever picking up broken pieces of lead



'Till my anger subsides

But for now all I can do is hope

That on day, one day

You will hear my voice

Strong and clear

See my words

Slabs of beautiful paint

On the canvas of literature



One day I hope

That you will see the real me.

'Till my anger subsides
351 · Jan 2019
It's My Fault He's Gone
Carli Gugino Jan 2019
He still walks past me, acting like nothing happened.
His friends don’t understand why he was such a ****.
He used to be so nice, looking over at me and hoping I didn’t notice his glance,
But I did, I fell into his trap.
He made me feel wanted, like someone actually cared about me.
I still count the days from when he apologized the first time.
He said he was sorry, that he truly wouldn’t do it again.
I thought that I could trust him,
I told almost him all the **** that went on in my life.
That didn’t change anything.
But it was my fault,
I loved the attention, I was going to get rid of him.
Like a toy that I was bored of.
I treated him like he was nothing.
Once I tried to cut him out of my life, immediately,
I regretted it, thinking I made one of the worst decisions in my life.
As I was about to turn back on my choice,
he began to call me a **** because I left before he did.
I never felt so betrayed in my life.
Is that how he felt? or did he never actually care?

I told him how I was sorry, and asked him why he stabbed me in the back.
He said he didn’t, which in his language means I wasn’t meant to find out.
He made me feel confused, like I didn’t know anything.
We tried again, starting over like nothing ever happened.
He said it wouldn’t happen again, that he felt horrible for the things he “didn’t do”
We talked for the first three new days.
It was amazing, for the first three new days.
After that it went back to the way it was before.
I ignored it not wanting to make the same mistake I did before.
He started to notice someone else,
Someone shorter, prettier, skinnier.
I tried to lose weight to gain his affection.
I didn’t eat as much as I did.
My plan did work, I got skinnier, maybe too skinny.
But I thought it was what I had to do to keep him.
It didn’t help anything, it just caused me pain.
But I hid it from him, everything, I hid.
But all that did was draw him farther and farther away.
My best friend, slipping out of my reach and I couldn’t do anything about it.
The person I told everything to, leaving me for someone else.
But I understood.

But he just cut me off.
He treated me like a stranger.
I couldn’t handle it anymore.
I tried to talk to him about it. He wouldn’t listen.
He would push me to the side.
Leaving me to wonder what was wrong with me.
All my other friends said not to worry about him,
that he was just another boy coming and going.

But he wasn’t just a boy I liked,
He was my best friend too,
And I lost him in a matter of days.
I would give so much just to get our friendship back.
He wasn’t just my crush, I had to keep telling myself.
My friends didn’t understand that he was more than a ******* guy.
He was just,
so much more,
and even though sometimes he hurt me,
I still love him.
342 · Aug 2018
Sitting In Silence
Carli Gugino Aug 2018
A perfect day,

Clear skies,

Mild in the shade,

Pleasant warm in the sunlight.



In this community of people,

The usual,

Children shrieking with joy,

But today is not the usual,

A curtain of silence befalls,

This perfect day.



Lulling the children to sleep,

With the soft hushes of the grass,

And the whistling wind.

A harmony of sweet sounds.



Today is different,

Today nature is in-sync with man,

As they both sit in silence.
221 · Aug 2018
A Day's Worth
Carli Gugino Aug 2018
Dazzling mounds of white,

Throwing diamonds,

As the rays of the sun,

Hit it.

Blinding you,

From the beauty.

As you watch,

The cascade of falling snow,

Drift onto your shoulders,

Stealing your breath,

Because you are afraid.

To ruin  the moment,

All in a day's worth
221 · Nov 2018
Frozen Tears
Carli Gugino Nov 2018
Even for all the tears I do not cry,
It doesn't mean I'm not grieving
I was aiming for the stars but
I got shot down and fell back to Earth
Get ur head out of the clouds
I could have made it right
The nightingales sing
To awaken dawn
And the girl in the mirror shows no mercy
Was I always like this
Take my heart and lay me to rest
Free me from the chains that hold my mind
They broken, fragile hands blind me by there beauty
But the harsh cold darkness pulls me over
Sleep now, i'll stay awake
In hopes to wake from this bad dream
I thought only of myself
And my heart was torn in 2
And now i hang by a thread
The stars shine so brightly tonight
I hope u can hear me right now
Frozen tears leave icy streaks down my cheeks
The blizzard tears at my thoughts
The eternal drink is now a poison
The ghouls claw down my throat
But sleep now, i'll stay awake
And hear the ravens sing
Once I touched a rose,
It left trails of blood
I bring it to my lips
And ask for forgiveness
Life is a cliff and i'm on the edge
One more step and i fall
Finding the light that shattered my heart
The missing piece
I'm not the answer
Who is?
Sleep now and i’ll stay awake.

All this time
Yet i can't see the truth
I crack the ice
Screaming till my lungs burst
All these nights i sleep alone
Wondering why i am here
Was i put on this Earth by the heavens above
To survive trauma and play for their
Own sick amusement
Am i a toy
Just to entertain
Who am i
I ponder
Yet to no avail
Sleep now and don't trip the wire
To fall into an empty trap
That was once my heart

Don't wake the demons in the corners
Hide your soul

Play the cord of death and it plays a new song

Sleep now and forever stay silent
For silence is the language of the unworthy.
217 · Aug 2018
The Sun's Crying
Carli Gugino Aug 2018
A glistening tear falls

Heavily to the ground

Weighted down

By the sorrows

And

pains of the world

Holding it hostage

Until Mister Sun

Can't

Bear it any longer.

He lets go

returning man's sorrows.
204 · Aug 2018
In The Middle Of The Night
Carli Gugino Aug 2018
Sometimes I wake,
In the middle of the night.
And I watch the moon.

I'm barely conscious,
But my mind's already racing.

And then I wake in the morning.
And I understand what you mean,
when you say those foul things.

I ask myself what's wrong with me.
I understand why you hate me.
Because now I hate myself too.

You see me laughing,
But I'm silently screaming.

The harsh words run through my head,
a never ending cycle,
and I can't think about anything else.

You judge without knowing,
tell without seeing first.
You think I'm powerless to you,
little do you know.

But,
the scars beneath
the mask you see,
and the creak in my bones,
hide who I want you to see.

Now you seem to be winning,
so I surrender.

Take your thorns
and drag them along my face.
Set fire to my soul.
Freeze my heart so I'm just like you.
Then leave me drowning.

Let the wind rip out my hair,
and torture me once more.
'Till I fall to my knees sobbing.

Leave me with my heart broken,
like so many before.
I'll sew it back up again,
just so you can rip it out more.

Tell me you love me,
then show me that you don't.
Toy in my heart
and leave me in pieces.

Then you walk away
and don't look back.
May we meet again,
sooner or later
I'll see you when the tides have turned
and then
maybe...
maybe you'll know how it feels
to be the outcast.
195 · Aug 2018
Friendship
Carli Gugino Aug 2018
She sits in the corner and waits

Among the ciaos of family

Just waiting and listening

To the polite gossip running

Through the people

Listening

Because she knows

That is she waits long enough

Someone will take her into mind

And a new friendship will be formed.
156 · Aug 2018
Claws Of The Demons
Carli Gugino Aug 2018
When I began my journey
I was standing on a
Joyful beach with
People I loved.

But something happened
And I don't know why.
I was drawn
To the black, merciless
Water.

With each step
My grief and sorrows grow.
The water calls me
I couldn't not obey
I waded in
Up to my ankles.
The rough water lapping
My heels.
Step by step
The water rising
To the rythm of my gaint
Up to my chin now
And I know the more I go
The less I will be able to stop
But I continue.
I stop when the water reaches
Right above my upper lip
I want to continue
But something tells me
I shouldn't.
I push that
Voice of the small angel
In the midst of lurking demons.
I walked on
Until I was completely
Covered by the
Heartless currents
Terror flooded me
I screamed
My face frozen thin a look of horror
Only to see the last of my air
Float to the surface
My hands curled
into claws
The claws of the demons
Who overtook me
My lungs screamed for air
Using the last of it
My body floating limp now
Only my mind struggling
For the impossible savior.
The surface faded
Fading, fading
Into black

As I was swallowed whole
By depression.

— The End —